by skimhenson | Jun 25, 2016 | attitude, getting your own life, lightening up
“Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” Jacob Riis You...
by skimhenson | Jun 16, 2016 | getting your own life, self-discipline, time well spent
“You can always find a distraction if you’re looking for one.” Tom Kite In fact, sometimes distractions find us. Since writing my blog post from two weeks ago, the one about avoiding my writing (“Are You Hungry for #GettingYourOwnLife?”), I do believe I’ve avoided it...
by skimhenson | Jun 3, 2016 | choices and decisions, getting your own life, time well spent
“Starve your distractions. Feed your focus.” Unknown Distractions are not all bad. In fact, some are good and necessary. Here’s proof. Definition of distraction: a diversion or recreation. Synonyms: amusement, entertainment, diversion, recreation, leisure pursuit. A...
by skimhenson | May 26, 2016 | pain
“I know my boundaries and one day I might just enforce them.” Unknown I curled up under the blanket on our living room sofa and ate Reese’s Cups while mulling over what went wrong. The conversation with John was okay until we each made a comment the other one didn’t...
by skimhenson | May 20, 2016 | awareness and action, boundaries, getting your own life, relationships, parent and child
“We cripple people who are capable of walking because we choose to carry them.” Christie Williams Enabling is one of the surest ways to assure not getting your own life. Enabling goes hand-in-hand with not setting boundaries – two sides of the same coin. Like the...